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Comment by mohhomad

It says "reduce the target's melee, ranged, and casting speed." when you reduce speed you are going slower, not faster.

Comment by arco

This might not be a bad enchant for PvP. If for example you put this on two daggers for a mutilate rogue, and the proc rate is as high as fiery was, you'd be putting out a nice chunk of additional damage. Add that to the on-hit effect, and this might be a good anti-caster enchant.

Then again, fiery said it "often" procced in the effect description, whereas this says it "occasionally" procs. So I would assume, if they put those words in on purpose, that the proc rate on this is lower.

Comment by Malazoth

No. You're not reading the text:

and reduce the target's melee, ranged, and casting speed

Notice that it says, "reduce(s)...speed." This means that they cast or attack SLOWER. When you reduce the speed in your car it takes you longer to get between two points, right?

It does NOT say "reduce the target's melee, ranged, and casting time." THAT would be bad.

Comment by Tamarzan

Can confirm that it drops in normal. Just got it in normal mode.

Comment by Eliminati

This is NOT useless in PvE, lmao. This is a freaking Thunderfury on steroids. If it works on raid bosses, nary a raid will go w/o at least two people with it, preferably some OH melee dps. Thats basically a 15% debuff on the dps of a boss, plus the mechanics of allowing more time between whatever it is nasty that they may do. Amazing chant, cheap mats, totally epic.

Comment by huanbrother

Well Guys, It has been confirmed that, this enchant DOES work on raid bosses and it STACKS with the THUNDERFURY buff(Tried Kara and SSC). Insane enchant for raids, but pvp proc rate( at least on 1.5 speed offhands) is not as high as expected.

Anyway, a good enchant for all players and it's fun.

Comment by redandgray

This enchant requires a level 60 or higher item.

Comment by Cappurnikus

This is not meant to up your personal dps. It is one person lowering their dps for the sake of the raid. A reduction of 15% dmg from any boss for 8 sec every 20 sec is EXCELLENT.

Comment by Elmarion

The attack speed reduction of this enchant does not stack with Thunderclap. The two debuffs can be applied at the same time, but this is purely because they aren't actually the same effect, they are merely overlapping. You will see both at the same time because of the reduced casting and ranged speed, but the attack speed reduction is still just 20%.

Comment by benjina

There is no hidden cooldown on the proc, tested it and it actualy refreshed itself. However the pvp proc rate is rather low.

Comment by Kushiaji

I tested this out with a ret pally buddy over the course of a few duals. Here the results:

Comment by Chato716

Im actually kind of convinced this procs off of Consecration and Holy shield procs. Im doing Shattered Halls Heroic as we speak and on certain aoe packs I wound target someone and already have deathfrost on them.. more than one of them. Strange, ill have to test this more to be sure.

Comment by Binary10010

your current post/info is useless.It's nice to know people on wowhead really care. :)

Comment by fluffyboomkin

Testing this out on my mage

It does proc off Frost Nova but it doesnt gain much from spell dmg or attack power boost and AOE, not sure if it hits all enemy struck by the AOE, but probably not. Not sure if it procs on channelled spell

it seems to remain at about 150-160 frost damage

It does proc off of any damage effect. This includes but not limited to:

-Lightning Incapcitator (it also charges when crit and eats up the charges-Scryer bonus on all Shattered Sun Necklace-Darkmoon Deck: Vengence-Thunderclap

It does not, proc off dot ticks.

Still need to test:

-Thorns

IMHO, this enchant does replace fiery as a decent leveling enchant pass 50.

Not so sure if this affect frost immune mobs (at least the debuff) the damage I am sure frost-immune mobs arent affected by it

Hopefully I can test it out on my boomkin today.

averages out about 1/3 spell cast or 3/5 melee so far (this is tested on a caster and a rogue)

Comment by Atraira

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR MANY PEOPLE:

I have now tested it with Thunderfury in a duel, it's just like Thunderclap: the buffs stack, but the effects do not.

Comment by johncruzng

does this proc off of affliction spells? like when the spell is already on the target?

Comment by zandalee

This enchant DOES NOT STACK with Imp TC. However it does overwrite the effects of 2/3 or lower imp TC. Having this enchant is still GREAT for rogues, fury warrs & enh shammys especially for raiding without a warrior or one without the 3/3 imp tc. I have an enh shammy w/ my MH chanted w/ executioner & OH w/ mongoose. On boss fights without that imp tc, thru macro, I simply switch my MH for PVP 1h w/ Deathfrost, wait for a proc & switch my original MH back again.

It's a little tedious for some especially with watching that 8sec proc timer, but it adds to my value bringing more than dps, windfury & bloodlust. Using it is a bonus & I wouldn't recommend sacrificing the leet deeps for it, but when u have a tank with "iffy" survivability it wouldn't hurt having this & giving urself a little xtra responsibility.

Oh & how it sez "occasionaly" on the proc? You'll be pleasantly surprised how "occasionally" it does.

Comment by dovienya

it's been confirmed already that it doesnt proc off Consecration. Holy shield, I don't know about.

Comment by dovienya

Good for raiding, bad for raiding, try it yourself if your weapons arent already enchanted. The mats on this are CHEAP so if you can't afford mongoose or executioner, pick this up instead. If you already have dual mongoose, then don't replace that 600g enchant with this... go find a different weapon to slap it on or wait for more conclusive answers.

The droprate on this pattern doesnt seem too fantastic. I heard somewhere that it's a 100% drop off heroic... can anyone confirm or deny this? I've killed him twice on reg and no drop, looks like the guys above me have the same problem.

EDIT: After my 6th kill on reg with no pattern, I managed to wheedle/bribe my group into trying heroic. It dropped, I paid the two enchanters large quantities of money to pass to me, and I got the pattern.

For the curious, heroic is pretty much identical to regular. The one big difference is that the boss himself has much more HP, and while we consistently killed him on the 3rd Core phase in all my reg groups, it took us till the 4th Core phase in the heroic group. This means endurance, endurance, endurance!

Good luck~~

Comment by OmegaDeath

I doubt that it has a 100% drop on heroic, I only ran it twice, with my summon and another players, it dropped on the second kill, i was the only enchanter. So i guess i was really lucky :D

Comment by fissk

It has a very low proc rate in pvp indeed.And I wouldn't say it lower your dps that much. Remember it deals 150 frost damage every time...

Comment by Viperfang

While i have yet to test it out in pvp, dual wielding it with my pvp swords doing dailies, I was proccing this constantly just with the little melee I was doing while kiting. Obviously if the proc rate holds anything like in pve, then even for hunters it's at least a *decent* enchant if you're dual wielding (although serious arena hunters that are dual wielding are putting 30 int on for a damn good reason)

Oh and dropped for me on regular, after about 13 runs. Every heroic i've done with him has dropped it (4 runs so far)

Comment by LameMuslim

It appears that the intention was to provide a debuff similar to thunder clap for ranged/caster enemies. Since the debuff will sit along side thunder clap, the raid will need to decide if the debuff slot used by deathfrost is worth it. I would think that the 15% slowdown between cast/range attacks would more than make up for the lost debuf slot. Further, improved thunder clap is usually taken by most nontard MT so this along with improved thunder clap is quite useful to the raid as a whole.

tl;dr: Deathfrost appears to be designed to sit right next to Improved Thunder Clap on the debuff table for BOSS's

Comment by Cappurnikus

Dropped for me on my first Normal try, no other enchanters. =D

Comment by BlackWvyern

What interests me most is the fact that people are mainly only considering this spell's effectiveness in a setting where Thunderclap is present, and completely leaving out the fact that this enchant is invaluable to Paladin and Druid tanks who don't have the attack speed reduction. Paladins probably won't take this enchant often, due to sources that are better for threat like Executioner, and Druids will not be able to take the proc in bear form, so it's left to a DPS in the raid to take the spell. I currently have it on my warlock and balance druid, and have noticed that it procs at least once per monster in the encounter, and typically five to six times during boss fights. I don't have any numbers to back it up, but the fact remains that the enchant will greatly increase a Paladin and Druid's tanking effectiveness.

I have tested it on moonkin (look up noctune from Lightning's Blade) and it does proc at least once per mob i went against and it does crit based off your spell crit.

Also tested it on mage and last night, a poor rogue died to deathfrost procs off both Frost Nova and Fire Blast..... It does get some spell dmg boost since my mage hits 160+ damage with it but my druid hits for about 150..... could be boosted by talents only.....

This isn't the best enchant in the world but it's a nice enchant to have on a weapon

To answer the affliction lock question: Yes it does proc of curses, but only on the initial cast, not the dot damage. However, it doesn't mean it sucks. If you don't wanna get the spell dmg one or the soulfrost, I will suggest this as an alternative

Need confirmation to see if it procs on channel spells

so far, it has been confirm that it can proc off the SSO necks.

Comment by isawakumo

Just as an FYI, this debuff STACKS with both Thunderfury debuffs, making it a doubly good tanking enchant :)

Comment by modernq

I enchanted this on a dps warrior (decapitator) before we went to karazhan who said that it added about 1% dmg to his output. He also noticed that it wasn't much of a graphic, or that the decapitator graphic overshadowed it.

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Comment by Nerobyrne

Well i got this for my mage as soon as i could, because it is so far the ONLY enchant which causes your spells to proc aditional damage. Now mages and warlocks finally have something on their weapons that can hurt people.

Okay, there was spell damage before, but i find that this is better. I guess it's comparable to +atk power VS fiery ench for melee classes, it really matters what your personal preference is. Being an arcane mage, the debuff doesn't really do it for me since i can Slow anyway, but i loved the part about my spells having a 10% chance to do more damage!

PS: Just in case anyone is wondering, this will NOT proc frostbite becauseA: It's not a mage spellB: It slows, but it does not slow movement, and is thus not a chill effect.

Comment by BlueScrn

Does anyone know if this procc off from mage's Molten Armor as well?If it does, this might be a really nice enchant for pvp with 0/17/44 spec since every time someone hit you by melee, ranged or spell attack there's a 10 % chance to stun that player for 2 seconds and beside that there would be a chance to increase their attacking/casting speed by 15 % for 8 seconds.

At least Impact's tooltip says "Gives Your fire spells a 2 % chance to stun the target for 2 sec." so Molten Armor damage is counted as your own spell since it can procc impact. And since it's counted as your own offensive spell it should be possible to procc Deathfrost as well.

So has anyone tried it yet?

Comment by ivellios

i've seen come mentions, but no full out answers, does this, or does this not, drop if you can not use it, but are still an enchanter?

also, if anyone has checked, does it proc off thorns? i saw someone ask about that with no response.

Comment by Tehbantha

I can confirm that it DOES drop if you ARE an enchanter and are not high enough level to use it yet.

Also I can confirm that it does NOT proc off of Molten Armor. *Tested for over 3 hours*

Also does NOT proc off consecrate, holy shield, or any non-direct damage dealing spell. *Tested for 3 hours on my Prot Pally AOE farming*

*Edit* It also does NOT proc off thorns! To answer 3 other peoples question ;)

*Edit again* It does not proc off Blessing of Sanctuary either since I see that question possibly popping up.

Comment by Aerra

It really depends on the way you look at it. You are lessenning SPEED. This means you make is SLOWER. The same applies if you lessened SLOWNESS, you would make is faster (is slowness a word?). If you consider speed the amount of time it takes to cast a spell then you would obviously see this enchant as working properly.

Comment by DeadRiver

Anyways, for a rogue using IP/DP, wouldn't D-W these be like 2 more IPs?

how does it compare to exec/mongoose or 20agil/mongoose?

Comment by Kapitan

Do you have to be an enchanter to see this drop and roll for it, or does the whole party have a chance at this?

Comment by InfamousCochran

Hello everyone...Just had a debate on trade channel about this... I would like to point out:

everyone says that its useless if you have a warrior or a lock in your group. I could care less cause im a prot pally, so I dont group with many warriors. I tend to group with a ret pally alot (2 blessings, and sanctity aura makes holding threat a dream). Aside from losing the 40 spellpower on my weapon, would this be worth it?

now do you see the angle I am working on here? Im collecting motes, I will post back with the results. Any thoughts?

Comment by Iambushedu

Deathfrost will not stack with a Warrior's Thunderclap if anyone is wondering. ^.^

Comment by drphillgood

Once I hit lvl 60 and went to outlands I grabbed two Grunts waraxes and put this on them. This helps out with lvling and killing those players that are an annoyance. The mats really aren't bad at all. You can get the shadows out in Hellfire and the water right outside Shat. Happy killing :D

Comment by Eyepodimo

If TC does not stack with the speed reduction, does that also mean attack speed reduction also does not stack with ice armor debuff?

And do Mage talents synergize with the damage bonus? I doubted Ice Shards, Piercing Ice and Arctic Winds synergize, but will Winter's Chill help it crit more?

And does spell cast speed reduction stack with curse of tongues?

Comment by olss0nftw

Is it only applyed from DD or can it proc from debuffing a target to?

Comment by zj28

Does this proc off of instant poison?

Comment by aigarius

I would guess that this enchant will be in a huge demand by leveling Death Knights.

Comment by Royi

Its the same as the Icey enchant

with an additional + 150 frost damage.

Comment by Morsvir

I did some short testing today. Going to continue and edit my post.This is on a protection paladin smacking mobs around in terrokar forest.DPS is derived from finding the average damage based on character spell crit rate.

Also keep in mind that slower attack speeds on your target result in lower threat generation from Retribution Aura and Holy Shield. Logically a ~15% threat decrease on that target.

Previous testing shows that Deathfrost does not proc off of Consecrate, Holy Shield, or Retribution Aura. though it would appear that Seal of Righteousness can, indeed, proc Deathfrost.Evidence: Proc rate is nearly doubled using Seal of Righteousness.

Another interesting note: Unlike most weapon enchants, the data supports that Deathfrost is a flat proc rate rather than a proc/minute. Shown by the same number of procs using seal of the crusader. Evidence: (SotC: proc/min) divided by (AutoAttack: proc/min) ~= ratio of SotC attack speed to auto attack speed.

Comment by Othey

I've also done my own tests with Deathfrost while specced as Retribution and Protection, using a newly dropped Jin'Rohk and a King's Defender (purely for testing of course. I wouldn't recommend it against +40 spell damage except for off-tanking).

While Mongoose is good for my AP level, and Executioner preferred if I had more armor pen, I have come to the conclusion that, for the good of the raid, a Retadin should be using Deathfrost for PvP and PvE. I know this is probably not the most popular opinion, but let me explain what I've seen.

So far, I have not encountered any bosses immune to the effect of Deathfrost (save frost resistant mobs and bosses). While imp thunderclap is better, and it doesn't stack, it IS still applied, and when it's a paladin/druid tank, you are a very welcome addition. Also, I have observed the slowing effects on spells first hand, something that thunderclap cannot help with, and you will not only see a couple tenths of a second added to spells, but when Hex Lord Malacrass channels his spirit bolts, you can HEAR them slow down. The raid was amazed.

In PvP, the advantage is obvious. Paladins are terribly weak against spells, and throwing this enchant around the arena will be effective against most any class.

The proc will crit for about 232, but unfortunately (and maybe coincidentally) it appears to be based on spell crit (my sampling was 10%) for an average hit of 160 overall.

It is affected by Imp Sanctity aura, but not Vengeance.

Not sure on the proc rate, but was about 9% from all attacks that could proc it (furthering the flat-proc rate theory). It will proc only on direct damage spells and attacks i.e not consecration or reflective damage.

Just my 2 cents. I hope it helps.

Comment by Xiuhtecuhtli

anyone knows if the effect stacks with mind numbling poison?

Comment by Zulsoraj

Unfortunatly, there is an internal cooldown for most things. Proc rates have a seperate cooldown for all procs. It would be very unwise to double enchant this. I would get mongoose for one of the daggers instead of another deathfrost.

Also, it's been confirmed that this will proc on various end-game bosses. Also, healers who get this will actually have thise proc while healing thier partner. Healers dont get this, you'll do 150 damage to your friend and mess up thier casting times!

Comment by JumpingThruWalls

I bought this enchant to test it out on my rogues OH and it was a huge Disapointment. I went Bot Heroic to try it out. after dealing about 950k dmg i relised that deathfrost had dealt only 9k of it. The upside is that that the 15% attack speed reduce works on Bosses in various raids. Should probably save your main tank a punch or two. I hoped this enchant could be a temperarly DPS chant until i could get a second mongoose but it apears that even fiery weapon would have been a better choice for that.In conclusion i would like to say this enchant sucks, dont get it and goodbye :D

Comment by Zansky

Got the Scythe of Ahune and enchanted with this. Cleared the last BT bosses with it equiped, got the following:

- Proc can crit, and seems to be based on own spellcrit.- Procrate is very high (like 25%), but seems to have a 45sec ICD.- Debuff works on bosses, but as a haste reducing effect, is overrid by more powerful ones (read Thunderclap)- It stacks with Thunderclap in one way: The spell haste reducing factor in Deathfrost will still affect the target since Thunderclap doesn't affect spell casting.

Comment by Eternityishere

This enchant also procs from spell damage, so yes it can still be quite usefull in raids. Really owns in pvp to :p

Comment by tomasvalheru

Also keep in mind that slower attack speeds on your target result in lower threat generation from Retribution Aura and Holy Shield. Logically a ~15% threat decrease on that target.there are a few flaws in this reasoning.

First of all not all paladins will use retribution aura (specially on bossfights)

Second, it is not a 15% threat decrease on that target. It is a 15% on the threat from holy shield and retribution aura. If they make up about 20% of your total threat, that would be 3% threat decrease.

It is not a threat enchant, it is a migitation enchant which basically means 15% less dmg (in practice it might be less since instant attacks and dots are not influenced). I can come up with numerous situations where you would want to trade a bit of threat for less dmg taken.

It is a nice an enchant for on a secondary weapon for a protection paladin.

Comment by thantik

Since it procs from damaging spells, I'd love to see what it did with a warlock using seed of corruption or a mage spamming arcane explosion to a group of mobs. Think you could get this debuff up on more targets than you could thunderclap? (Mount Hyjal anyone?)

If you have like 10 ghouls - thunderclap is only really going to affect like 4 mobs each time you can get it off. (Sure you'll have a couple warriors but I'm just talking theoretically here)

I wonder if this can proc on a target your not focusing on. If so, there might be a little more power to this thing than people are expecting if it works as I'm thinking it might. Gotta be on the ball looking for things like this, never know when another Green Whelp Armor might pop up in game ;)

Comment by rgallius

As of this patch, consecrate will proc deathfrost, which makes it something fun to play with while aeing as protection.

Verified by flying up over Shattrath and consecrating ogres up there. It procs within the first few ticks each time. I have not tested how it preforms with multiple mobs inside the area of consecrate.

Comment by Furrsteve

Weapon enchants are now visible at the character selection screen.

Comment by Uaelyan

This might be a dumb question, but what weapon is that in the screenshot?

Edit: The scythe looking one, I mean.

Comment by Mahtamori

While this enchant doesn't proc from ranged weapon auto-attacks or instants in general, I have had it proc off of Serpent Sting. However, it's not tied to the damage type of the sting/shot, since Arcane Shot doesn't proc it.

Edit: None of the shots or stings I've tried procs it other than Serpent Sting. It DOES proc from damage ticks of the same sting, however.

Comment by makron

Is this viable for PvP warrior - does it proc on throw? It'd be interesting to slow down healers or other casters - warriors have no ability to do that.

Comment by Wren

This seems like it would also be great for a fury warrior, so he doesn't have to switch out of fury stance to put a thunderclap down. Not to mention the procs from whirldwinding and such. On top of that, the mats are relatively cheap compared to other weapon chants.

Comment by archmagespark

where this enchant drops?

Comment by bickboucher

Dropped by?

Comment by Jaygoodie

This enchant will be pretty much useless in WotLK. Thanks blizz!

Comment by Draconia

Yeah that scythe looks freakin' nice, I haven't seen any nice warlock scythes since the lvl 60 quest one years ago. Anyone know?

Comment by syndey

ya hummm what npc drops this if there even is one? im sorta new to this

Comment by Yukazi

Would Icy Touch (ImpIT) stack with this?I currently use one of my Death Knights just for AV and I would be very tempted to actually DW this.Rate down if it's just a dumb fantasy; I just want to know. ^_^

Comment by Leris

Now it's become quite useless enchant since it requires lv 60 but doesn't work against lv73 or higher. No use for twinks, no use for high level either.

Comment by Chancelot

I have found that this is an economical and fun leveling enchant. I have it on my Lionheart Executioner (74 ret pally ATM) and it procs almost every fight. I have had it proc off Exorcisms, and all other special and white attacks. I haven't really tried it with consecration since it is a big mana hog while soloing. Considering the mats are almost throwaway, you can get this on whatever weapon you are currently using. This is awesome for caster mobs and fast hitters as well. I haven't really tried it in PVP but I imagine it would be another way to screw with the clothies.

Plus, it looks cool as hell....

Comment by neutralneutral

I have a very specific question... I'm trying to make a mage that can hit for really huge pyroblasts on rare occasions. In other words, everything goes into my pyroblast crit damage, and I don't care how often I actually crit. I know this isn't a "good" build.. I'm just having fun. Anyway, enchants/items like this are perfect for my character. I'm just curious if more than one of them can proc at the same time. In other words, could I cast a pyroblast and have Lightweave Embroidery, as well as Deathfrost, Darkmoon Card: Death, and/or similar items/enchants proc off of that one pyroblast, albeit very rarely? Thanks!

Comment by pallylock

Anyone consider this might be a PvP oriented enchant? It's on spell cast as well, making kiting much easier.

Comment by graniteclover

i would like to see what pvp is like for a shaman dual wielding this ench....

Comment by Kaylin

Omg fire festival tonight *giggles* I have been waiting ALL YEAR for this enchant. The frost lord will not escape me so easily this year.

Comment by Kaleanon

For those curious, I have a hunter who back when this came out was outfitted in pvp gear. I had my Axe enchanted with Deathfrost (both for looks and because I can)

However I noticed while I was "pew pew"ing away be it at players or Mob bosses or just mobs, Deathfrost would hit my targets. Sure enough Deathfrost (for hunters as far as my testing goes, Finding an enchanter to do this enchant seems to be rare on my server...) Will proc when you are using ranged weapons and refresh.

I find it happens quite abit. When Raiding I would have deathfrost active on a boss 80-90% of the fight.Many people would laugh at a hunter with it on his weapon, however I find it's helpful to the raid when a boss is moving/fighting slower.

Also adds a touch bit more dps which I won't object too at all.

With Wrath of the Lich King out now there are alot of great enchants, but I still hold this as a favourite. It looks nice (Think Savagery but white instead of red with Random Snowflakes drifting around it) and I find it to be very helpful.

In response to if a rogue had this on daggers, I would assume it would be proc quite abit and be quite the pain for casters.

Regardless, It's a good enchant and I recommend it to any enchanter to look to pick this up as it's a rare enchant that only comes about once a year.

Comment by Asrianorae

Still IMO the best enchant in game. Fiery with spell-slowing bonus = epic versus casting bosses, which is alot of them.

EDIT: Found out it doesnt work against higher level targets. Meh, still ftw.

Comment by Hezkezl

The drop rate on this appears to have been increased, making it an addition to the other enchanting recipes from TBC raids/dungeons increased. I got 2 of these from 3 runs today.

EDIT: You people will downrank anything, including helpful posts, won't you?

Comment by Canbie

Although Blizzard said all pre WotLK enchants would have a much higher droprate as of 3.1. I've done this several times and I've yet to see it.

Comment by armyguy1893

I got this enchant first time I did Ahune. The entire group I was in wanted the pet. Thank God I'm not so vain. First kill, he dropped it. I had a little bit of an orgasm I think...

Comment by Wufnu

Does not work on fishing poles :( They give us pimp hats but we can't bling bling our poles. Harsh.

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Comment by XxiolaA

I hope this enchant will drop this year since I never got it.

Is anything known about Ahune drops this year?

Comment by rivellangel

Went on 30 runs today, saw it drop twice.

Comment by turboblake

Just to confirm, now in 3.3.3 (or 3.3.5, dropped yesterday) does this item still only drop on normal mode? And does it come from the daily bag we receive or does it drop off the boss itself? For example, can I run the boss over and over until I get this drop?

Comment by enbalming

just wondering if this has droped for anyone this year?

edit: Iceh awnsered my ? thanks

Comment by HyperEpsilon

If you're a frost mage, the enchantment's proc will apply Winter's Chill. Don't expect to stack it if you're meleeing, though.

Comment by lifeunlimited

For those participating in Midsummer 2010, I can confirm that the formula still drops---just dropped for me.

It is worth mentioning that the formula is contained in the chest, not the satchel, and so you will have to roll against the other enchanters in your group for it if it drops.

Comment by Soluzen

Sooo.. I just got this right.. and I was like "WOAH!" I ran to the auction house and bought what I needed and all i have to say is...

Don't enchant your lance....

/cry

Comment by Isshin

Last Enchant I need and Still hasn't dropped. !@#$ you Blizz.

Comment by Emopriest

Before I chain queuing, can anyone confirm that this still drops from the chest?

Comment by xerosplash

Just wondering if anyone has seen it drop this year (2011). One of the few enchanting patterns I have left in the game before I have all of them.

Comment by ulletuss

It will come back in 2011's midsummer fire festival and drops very rarely from Frost Lord Ahune.

Comment by Xecution

Got this off my 8th kill today, was a nice bonus considering that I had never seen it before.

Comment by Adrazel

Dropped for me earlier this evening. Also noticed, reading posts from several years ago, that the wording on this has changed from "reduce the target's melee, ranged, and casting speed" to "occasionally inflict additional Frost damage and slow the target."

While not useful at 85, certainly handy for alts coming up through the ranks.

Comment by iamagnome

For those trying to get this recipe in 4.x, the recipe is contained in the chest, not the bag you get from the once daily queuing for the instance. So you can farm this all day long to get it, not just once a day during the festival.

Comment by Visceron

Does this enchant still drop in 4.3.3 Cata?

Comment by Nerkiax

I can confirm that it still drops as of 4.3.3, I looted it and learned that only enchanters can roll on this recipe! Its a nice addition to my enchants :)

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Comment by NightmareMJ

Since no one has commented on it:Works against 90s, 15% slow, deals 150 damage(affected by the frost mage mastery, WW monk's tiger brew, etc).Stacks with other slows. Has some interesting play with Holy Nova/Consecration/etcFairly high proc rate when AEing, standard random for non AE (aka can chain proc to insane levels of frostration).Great pvp usages if you have a problem "Stay up" with certain clases as melee, and of course makes it even more annoying to fight a frost mage. Recommended for duelwielders and of course frost mages and frost DKs.Unknown if this can be applied to hunter weapons.

No testing done on DoTs, so whether it can only proc off initial application or each tick(if the latter its power is rather intentionally extreme).

Slightly better than the average level 90 enchants for pvp, under the elemental froce proc for damage, debatable whether colossus will be better for you, depends on if you have trouble/lag sticking to targets to ensure lots of procs of Colossus.

Affected by pvp power, etc. Not really sure if it is affected by resilience as I did not specifically test for that particular.Proc is considered to "come from you" as one of your spells rather than static damage like some enchants, similar to the old frostbolt/shadow bolt weapon coatings in function as well.

Comment by archvile

I can confirm that it still drops on 5.3.0.

Comment by Mormolyce

After three years of trying to get this recipe I finally saw it drop on my enchanter today (a few days ago it dropped while I was on a non-enchanter but that's another story... full of rage and sadness...). I lost the roll to another enchanter. I said "NUUUUUU" and he said "YESSSSS" at the same time.

So I tried to contain my emotions and said "grats, how long have you been after that?", to which he replied "seven years". So I thought... fair enough.

Comment by WikedZeta

As of patch 5.4, all enchantments scale with character level and expansion, all item level requirements have been removed. Because of how incredibly strong this enchant is in PvP, expect this enchant to be expensive.

Comment by luvs2play

In case anyone was wondering, I can confirm this enchanting recipe still drops. It dropped today, in our "Frost Lord Ahune" dungeon group. It was in the loot chest, not the bag. (The only place it will drop, I believe.) Hope this helps and good luck!